Gregory Wiedeman
University Archivist
5 archivists
University records are public records, subject to FOIL
python from archives_tools import aspace as AS session = AS.getSession() for collection in AS.getResources(session, “2”, “all”): if “ua” in collection.id_0: print collection.title
for collection in AS.getResources(session, “2”, “all”): if “Baldus” in collection.title: for note in collection.notes: if note.type == “abstract”: AS.pp(note)
Not all can or should be automated
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Data Values Standards (LCSH, AAT)
Records, agents, events, and the relationships between them are the four fundamental concepts that constitute archival description.
* Reference Code (Required)
* Name and Location of Repository (Required)
* Title (Required)
* Date (Required)
* Extent (Required)
* Name of Creator(s) (Required)
* Scope and Content (Required)
* Conditions Governing Access (Required)
* Languages and Scripts of the Material (Required)
* Administrative/Biographical History (Optimum)
* Access points (Optimum)
* Finding Aids (Added Value)
* Custodial History (Added Value)
* Immediate Source of Acquisition (Added Value)
* Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use (Added Value)
* System of Arrangement (Added Value)
* Technical Access (Added Value)
* Physical Access (Added Value)
* Appraisal, Destruction, and Scheduling Information (Added Value)
* Accruals (Added Value)
* Publication Note (Added Value)
* Notes (Added Value)
* Description Control (Added Value)
* Existence and Location of Originals (Added Value)
* Existence and Location of Copies (Added Value)
* Related Archival Materials (Added Value)
What do you think?
Users don’t want help finding thigs, they want help getting things
What do you think?
As we start seeing archival collections themselves as data, Linked Data may not be a good fit